Posted by ravenstorm on April 24, 2004, at 13:32:36
In reply to Thanks Zena, posted by TheOutsider on April 24, 2004, at 11:12:21
Hi, outsider, I'm new to remeron too and have been helped a lot by information on this board (thanks zena for your posts, hope you're doing well on the Lexapro!)
I started at 15mg and was knocked out for two to three days and then my energy improved.(I started on a weekend because I had been warned!)
It sounds, from your posts, that you are jumping around in your dosage without trying any one dosage for very long.
On another board I post on, people have indicated that you can feel very sedated for up to two weeks at whatever dose you start at.
In other words, you will usually have to make it through either several days or up to a few weeks of sedation wether you start at 15mg or 30mg or 45mg. But in the long run, people usually feel less sedated at the higher doses.
But everyone is so different. For instance, my energy is fine on 15mg, while other people have to go higher to get over the grogginess, but on another board I post on a woman could not even sleep on the remeron until she went up to 45mg.
I think 7.5mg is probably going to be very sedating for you. But like I said, we are all different!!
Just remember, if you take 45mg for one day and still have sedation (even though it is a higher dose) that doesn't mean that you would still be sedated a week or two from now. You have to give your brain time to adjust.
Good Luck! And keep in touch with how you are doing.
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